| CLEMENCEAU | Nicknamed "The Tiger", statesman who served as prime minister of France twice and formed part of the |
| PINAFORES | One capital of France, twice rebuilt, covering items (9) |
| OSLO | Norwegian capital nicknamed "The Tiger City" |
| HOWARD | Author whose The Cazalet Chronicles were serialised and formed part of a reading list prepared by the Duchess of Cornwall (6) |
| INBUILT | At home it was erected and formed part of main structure (2-5) |
| LSU | One of three SEC universities nicknamed the Tigers |
| CECIL | Literary critic and Oxford don who was a grandson of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, the Victorian statesman who served as prime minister three times (5) |
| SOULT | Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu ___, French general and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France three times |
| DISRAELI | Author of novels including Coningsby, Henrietta Temple, Sybil and Vivian Grey who twice served as prime minister of the UK (8) |
| GRANTHAM | Lincolnshire birthplace of Margaret Thatcher who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 (8) |
| PEEL | Statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 19th Century (4) |
| DEJONG | Piet _ _, Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967-71) |
| GRAFTON | 3rd Duke of -; title of Augustus FitzRoy, Whig statesman who served as prime minister from 1768-70 (7) |
| SALISBURY | The Marquess of _, Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister three times (9) |
| CHIRAC | French statesman who served as Prime Minister 1974-6 and 1986-8 and President 1995-2007 (7,6) |
| JACQUES | French statesman who served as Prime Minister 1974-6 and 1986-8 and President 1995-2007 (7) |
| HAROLDWILSON | British Labour statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976 (6,6) |
| GLADSTONE | William Ewart - - -, British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister four times in the 19th Century (9) |
| BLAIR | Surname of the Edinburgh-born politician who served as Prime Minister for ten years (5) |
| BALFOUR | Surname of the politician from East Lothian who served as Prime Minister, 1902-1905 (7) |
